Tornados in Atlanta

Two freak tornadoes tore through the city of Atlanta on March 14 and 15. I’m in Atlanta right now for the Media Relations Made Easy seminar, and evidence of the disaster is everywhere in the downtown core where I’m staying.

Was this extreme weather just a fluke? Or is it a sign of things to come as we start to feel the impacts of climate change more directly?
Here are two photos showing damage to high rises in the downtown area – windows broken, blown out and/or boarded up: